I am seeing the head of oncology tomorrow at a hospital in dallas. He said that he can do the whole thing for me. I have a 12:30 appointment with a hand guy first, then a 2 pm with an oncologist. I have seen neither before so i printed off the paperwork you kindly directed me to and i will bring it in with me tomorrow.

i wonder how they can see through my skin grafted foot

ProfS does an interview consultation, questions about health, history, symptoms, timing, and then does a physical examination, before deciding whether RT is appropriate or not. So for example when I had my LH done he declined to treat my RH even though there were symptoms. His physical examination determines the extent of the disease and with some added margin the area of radiation. You want to minimise this as RT is damaging with some risk, and is a one shot chance (mostly).

It seems from your posts you are doing all of this yourself, with some reliance on the experience of a radiologist to interpret some 'material you found on the internet'. I don't want to be a party pooper, as RT is proven to be effective for 85% when done at the right time as appropriate and by a skilled radiologist with experience of DD/LD.

Have the consultation with the radiologist, take the documents we have provided, ask him to do his own research on PubMed and equivalent. Also see a hand physician and get an assessment on the extent and stage your DD is in. Perhaps ask the two to converse (unlikely), but less haste more speed seems in order.

To confirm the protocol is 5 doses of 3Gy done over 5 consecutive days (3Gy each day), then repeated approximately 8-16 weeks later. This gap varies, determined by evidence and for me ProfS recommended 12 weeks. Your radiologist should find the latest research on this. He could talk directly to ProfS.

Hi everyone, update. I just finished my 5th treatment at Texas oncology here in Dallas. Dr. Swartz is the head radiation oncologist and has taken great interest in my case. The staff there could not be more wonderful. Its great i only have to drive 30 minutes as i live in Dallas and this is just down aways as opposed to going to oklahoma city.

My hand seems to of settled down a little bit pain wise. Still not 100% but definitely better. The doctor says it takes about 10 days before the cells start dying off from the treatment so i don't know if I'm just having a better day or its the treatments. if anyone needs their info please write me. Wolfgang, please put his information in your doctor list. He follows your exact protocol and he and the guy in oklahoma are buddies now.